The primary goal of this site is to provide mature, meaningful discussion about the Vancouver Canucks. However, we all need a break some time so this forum is basically for anything off-topic, off the wall, or to just get something off your chest! This forum is named after poster Creeper, who passed away in July of 2011 and was a long time member of the Canucks message board community.

Vpete wrote:Touching the void is the one by the British climber IIRC? He wrote a follow up called the "this game of ghosts" which was excellent.

Touching the Void was indeed by the Brit, Joe Simpson. His typical British self effacing humor makes for an entertaining read when juxtaposed against the dire situation he was in. I saw him in Vancouver while i lived there. He showed slides of his trips and told tales of his exploits and accidents. I think thats what initially got me interested in the subject of mountaineering.

Just finished Frank Bill's 'Crimes in Southern Indiana' and just picked up today from Chapters 'Galveston' by Nic Pizzolatto. Before Frank Bill's Crimes in Southern Indiana I read Donald Ray Pollock's 'Devil All the Time'. Awesome. I also ordered Ron Rash's 'The World Made Straight'.

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? - Plastics." - The Graduate

1. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt2. The Devil All the Time - Donald Ray Pollock3. A Single Shot - Matthew F. Jones4. Southern Gods - John Horner Jacobs5. The Last Good Kiss - James Crumley6. Galveston - Nic Pizzolatto7. Before You Go To Sleep - 8. The World Made Straight - Ron Rash9. The Motel Life - Willy Vlautin10. World War Z - Max Brooks

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? - Plastics." - The Graduate

LotusBlossom wrote:One book I liked a lot was I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan. Satan decides to live out his life in a certain human...

Hey, I've been wanting to read Glen Duncan's 'The Last Werewolf' after reading this review from musician Nick Cave - “A magnificent novel. A brutal, indignant, lunatic howl. A sexy, blood-spattered page-turner, beautifully crafted and full of genuine suspense, that tears the thorax out of the horror genre to create something that stands rapturous and majestic and entirely on its own.”—Nick Cave

I will have to look into this I, Lucifer.

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? - Plastics." - The Graduate

LotusBlossom wrote:One book I liked a lot was I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan. Satan decides to live out his life in a certain human...

Hey, I've been wanting to read Glen Duncan's 'The Last Werewolf' after reading this review from musician Nick Cave - “A magnificent novel. A brutal, indignant, lunatic howl. A sexy, blood-spattered page-turner, beautifully crafted and full of genuine suspense, that tears the thorax out of the horror genre to create something that stands rapturous and majestic and entirely on its own.”—Nick Cave

KeyserSoze wrote:"Into Thin Air" and "The Climb" sound interesting, I'll have to check them out, thanks.

You won't be able to put "Into Thin Air" down - most people I know read that book in 2-3 days, and then re-read it.

Krakauer also wrote "Into the Wild" which is pretty spellbinding as well.

Recently read Krakauer's "Where Men Win Glory". Fascinating, and heartbreaking, story of Pat Tillman. Guy left behind a multi-million dollar NFL contract to fight for his country, was killed in action (friendly fire), and the resulting coverup and "propagandization" of his efforts.

Don't get me wrong, Sustainability is an extremely noble concept and all that

.... but why are you wasting all this energy when Nuclear War is just around the corner??

While you Christians and your Islamic/Jew buddies go to the sweet hereafter somebody has to pick up the pieces and Carry On up the evolutionary chain

Wait, does one have to be christian/muslim/jewish/new age/pagan ...religious. to have a hereafter what happened to that law of thermodynamics thingy that says energy cant be made or destroyed? if we are all just star dust wont we return to the stars etc etc

While you Christians and your Islamic/Jew buddies go to the sweet hereafter somebody has to pick up the pieces and Carry On up the evolutionary chain

Wait, does one have to be christian/muslim/jewish/new age/pagan ...religious. to have a hereafter what happened to that law of thermodynamics thingy that says energy cant be made or destroyed? if we are all just star dust wont we return to the stars etc etc